It’s ok girls, it’s not like Anchorman anymore..right?
OR IS IT… Emily is back yay and she talks about being on telly and annoying newsreaders and even more (and perhaps more legitimately) annoying patriarchal codes of conduct within the media with regards to feminism or more “liberal” opinions on the British Box.
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Feminism In The Media
Second video of the day, you lucky things! Jenn has a very sweary rant about feminism’s presentation in the media.
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Feminism in the mass media, and thank you BBC!
Hooray! Subi has found enough of a voice to make her video. Go check it out, there’s a bit around the 4min mark that made me punch the air.
If you haven’t watched us on the BBC yet, watch it now!
For non-UK viewers, if you use a proxy service like TunnelBear or ExPatShield that should make the official link watchable, or you can find less legitimate sources if you Google around…
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Oops, in all the excitement over us hitting 1,000 subscribers I forgot to post this week’s TOPIC ANNOUNCEMENT! So let’s do that now…
THIS WEEK: We’ll be talking Feminism in the Media/ZOMG WE WERE ON TELLY!! This will give us a chance to debrief on the whole experience and maybe give you a bit more background to our part in the show.
NEXT WEEK: We’ve pencilled in Reclaiming Words, which could include “feminism is not a dirty word”, “vagina is not a dirty word”, and a probably a few more salty terms too…
THE WEEK AFTER: We’ll be looking at Women in Sport to celebrate the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
And that’s your lot!
A note for our shiny new followers; every week (normally on a Sunday!) we put up a post like this telling you what we’ll be talking about this week, and for the two weeks after. Although our planned topics do sometimes change this gives you a bit of a heads up and provides inspiration to some of our aspiring guest vloggers.
So if you’d like to submit a guest video on any of these topics (or any other topic) please let us know.
We’ve also had quite a few topic suggestions this week, so if there’s anything you’d really like us to talk about let us know that too. - Becca x
[First image is a TV screengrab taken from BBC iPlayer. It shows five women sitting on a sofa with arms up mid-surprise while a sixth woman shows raises her arms to display her armpits.
Second image shows two young white women holding a pair of protest signs in reference to the Michigan House of Representatives banning speakers who used the word “vagina” on the house floor. The first reads “I CUNT believe she said VAGINA!!” and the second reads “TWAT was she thinking?!”. If anyone can give me the original source I’d appreciate it, I found it here on Feministing.
Third image shows a black and white line up of six women of different shapes, sizes and weights wearing swimwear. Underneath each woman is their name, their Olympic sport, their height and their weight. Image originally from Sports Illustrated for Women, taken here from sumptuous.com - why don’t you look like a fitness model?]
Today’s TOPIC ANNOUCEMENT is brought to you by the letter A and the number 3 as in AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH WE’RE GOING TO BE ON TV IN THREE DAYS!!!1!1
Our episode (this Wednesday, 9pm, BBC3) is titled “Can Looks Change Your Life?” and is all about the importance we place on appearance and whether vanity is necessarily a negative concept. So fittingly…
THIS WEEK: we’re talking about body positivity, and how we can learn to love our bodies and love the way we look in spite of the many societal messages to the contrary. Then…
NEXT WEEK: We’ll be talking about portrayals feminism in the media, which gives us an excuse to talk about our TV appearance some more. And finally…
THE WEEK AFTER: We’ll be reclaiming words, or possibly arguing why we shouldn’t. Only time will tell.
So, UK folks make sure you tune in this Wednesday at 9pm to BBC3 to catch our Grand Televisual Début, and we’ll post some info about how non-UK folks can watch later in the week.
And for all you radio lovers make sure you’re listening to Women’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 10am tomorrow morning as Cherry Healey will be on talking about the show and might give us a mention.
That’s it for this week, as ever if you’re interested in doing a guest video on any of the topics listed (or any other topic) let us know! - Becca x
[First image is an illustration showing a line up of thirteen women all of different shapes, sizes and ethnicities. A caption above the line up reads “beauty” and a caption below reads “in every shape and size”. Image was drawn by vonnie-seiyuki-chan on DeviantArt.
Second image is a TV screengrab taken from BBC iPlayer. It shows five women sitting on a sofa with arms up mid-surprise while a sixth woman shows raises her arms to display her armpits.
Third image shows two young white women holding a pair of protest signs in reference to the Michigan House of Representatives banning speakers who used the word “vagina” on the house floor. The first reads “I CUNT believe she said VAGINA!!” and the second reads “TWAT was she thinking?!”. If anyone can give me the original source I’d appreciate it, I found it here on Feministing.
For anyone who loves a bit of radio: ya’ll should tune into Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 or iPlayer on Monday morning. Cherry Healey is gonna be on there talking about our show on Wednesday (Ahh!). They even asked me to be on it (very, very exciting and lovely of them!) but in the end we got squeezed out due to timing issues. Nevermind! You should all tune in anyway ‘cause Woman’s Hour is normally pretty cool. Much love! ~Holly ♥
Who feels like a TOPIC ANNOUNCEMENT then?
THIS WEEK: We’ve changed our minds again (sorry) and will be talk about Sexism in Geek/Nerd Culture, ‘cause there’s been a fair amount of that batting about recently (see above image for example.)
Don’t worry though, Prude Shaming is still on our Big List of Topics we’re just pushing it back by a few weeks.
NEXT WEEK: Will still be Body Positive Movements, with a side order of AAAAAAHHHH WE’RE ON TV, then…
THE WEEK AFTER: Will be Feminism/Women in the Media while we obsessively over-analyse everything about the previous week’s TV appearance (or maybe that’ll just be me).
As ever if you want to do a guest video on any of these topics, or any other topic that tickles your fancy, let us know.
Now I’m off to see if I can actually get a video up on time this week. Everyone cross whatever digits you have. - Becca x
[First image shows a five by three grid of fifteen women. The five women in the top row are given as examples of female representation in “pop culture” and are predominantly scantily clad and/or posing sexually. The women in the second row are given as examples of female representation in “geek culture” and are predominantly wearing clothing that covers them fully and/or posing in powerful non-sexual ways. Beneath the first two rows is the caption “Female Role Models: Fuck Barbie, I’m buying my daughter a ray gun.” The five women in the final row beneath this caption are given as another example of female representation in “geek culture” and are predominantly scantily clad and/or posing sexually. An additional caption beneath this row reads, “Sorry geek culture, no free passes.”
I have no idea where this image originally comes from, but I sourced it from this article.
Second image is an illustration showing a line up of thirteen women all of different shapes, sizes and ethnicities. A caption above the line up reads “beauty” and a caption below reads “in every shape and size”. Image was drawn by vonnie-seiyuki-chan on DeviantArt.
Third image is of the smiling face of a young white woman wearing 1950s style make-up with blonde hair in rollers. She is holding up a shaving razor in her right hand and a pair of eyelash curlers in her left hand. Taken from the BBC Media Centre programme page.]
Well look at that, it’s time for a (slightly belated) TOPIC ANNOUNCEMENT!
THIS WEEK: Since it’s Father’s day in a lot of countries this Sunday we thought it’d be fitting to discuss feminism, men and fatherhood.
A topic which I’m sure won’t attract any more angry misogynists than usual… *puts on comment moderator hard-hat*
NEXT WEEK: Is the week we FREAK OUT because ZOMG WE’RE ON THE TELLY!!!!1!!1 Also we’ll be talking about make-up, so that’s a thing.
THE WEEK AFTER: We’ll be talking feminism in the media, which is honestly just an excuse for us to talk about whatever happens after we’re on the telly. Yeah!
As ever if you’ve got a burning desire to say something about these topics (or any other topic) let us know and we’ll hook you up with a guest video spot. - Becca x
[First image is of Bill Bailey, a middle aged white man with lots wild looking grey-brown hair, smoking a pipe and wearing a black t-shirt that reads, “this is what a feminist looks like”, and was taken from the Fawcett Society on Flickr.
Second image is of a young white feminine face with lots of different types of make-up samples on it, and is taken from The Guardian.
Third image is of the smiling face of a young white woman wearing 1950s style make-up with blonde hair in rollers. She is holding up a shaving razor in her right hand and a pair of eyelash curlers in her left hand. Taken from the BBC Media Centre programme page.]
